Six scientists share Nobel feats in chemistry and physics
Two Americans and a Canadian win chemistry prize for studying molecular interactions that form new substances. Three Europeans share physics prize for pioneering high powered electron and scanning tunneling microscopes and their applications in science and medicine.
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Dudley R. Herschbach
Harvard University
Yuan T. Lee
University of California At Berkeley
John C. Polanyi
University of Toronto
Swedish Academy of Sciences
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West Berlin
Gerd Binnig
Frankfurt
West Germany
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Switzerland
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Scientists identify gene that blocks cancer growth
A New York Times report states scientists have isolated a gene that prevents cancer development, particularly retinoblastoma in children. The gene acts as a growth inhibitor, opposite to known oncogenes, and predisposes to cancer when both copies are lost or inactivated. Researchers led by Weinberg and Dryja emphasize its role as an anti-oncogene and tumor suppressor.
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Robert A. Weinberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research
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Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
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Gene discovery may unlock first Duchenne treatment
Researchers led by Louis Kunkel and Anthony Monaco at Boston's Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School report isolating a key 10 percent segment of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene and its messenger RNA. The finding, described in Nature, identifies the gene blueprint for a muscle protein and promises a path toward a direct therapy, though it cautions significant work remains for Duchenne patients.
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Hindawi Testifies On Attempted Jet Bomb Plot
Nezar Hindawi told a London court he thought his Irish girlfriend Anne-Marie Murphy carried drugs in a hand luggage bag he handed to her for an El Al flight from Heathrow on April 17. He said he believed she was an unwitting drug runner and that he still loves her.
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Ershad Leads as Opposition Boycotts Bangladesh Vote
President Hussain Mohammad Ershad appeared to take an early lead in the presidential election in Dhaka though opposition parties boycotted the ballot. They denounced the results as meaningless with under 1 percent turnout of Bangladesh’s 47.9 million eligible voters.
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Hussain Mohammad Ershad
Picasso widow Jaqueline commits suicide at Mougins villa
Police report Jaqueline Picasso two years after Pablo Picasso's death was found dead in her Mougins villa. The 60 year old shot herself in the head, ending a life tied to the famed artist who died in 1973 at age 91.
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Robbinsdale boy's arms amputated after infection
In Robbinsdale Minnesota a 13 year old boy David Vining who had arms reattached after a farm accident had them amputated Monday night at North Memorial Hospital due to infection and loss of circulation doctors said Wednesday His mother Marlene Vining reported the update to AP
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David Vining
North Memorial Hospital
Marlene Vining
Nuclear agency fines Kerr-McGee unit over Gore plant death
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission imposed a 310000 dollar fine on a Kerr-McGee Corp. subsidiary for violations tied to a fatal accident at a uranium processing plant near Gore Oklahoma City AP report notes the enforcement action and location.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Kerr- McGee Corp
Gore
Man dies from insomnia case hints at sleep brain link
In Boston a 53 year old man in Italy died after extreme insomnia revealing thalamus degeneration. Doctors from University of Bologna report in the New England Journal of Medicine that sleep regulation likely involves this brain region.
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Italy
Elio Lugaresi
University of Bologna Medical School
New England Journal of Medicine
Reagan warns liberals would throw away SDI at fund raiser
President Reagan used a Baltimore fundraiser for Linda Chavez to attack liberal senators opposing his space based missile defense. He warned that opponents in Congress would “take a meat axe” to SDI and urged voters to support Chavez against Barbara Mikulski while stressing Reykjavik’s pressure on disarmament.
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